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3mins
Great Question
More accountants are leaving the field than joining. What’s going on?
More CPAs are retiring than are joining the field. What’s going on? Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains.
Kelly Richmond Pope
A man doing push ups in a gym.
3mins
Great Question
How to grow your brain by moving your body
Exercise neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains how your brain can age gracefully and optimally — and it starts with just a 10-minute walk.
Wendy Suzuki
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6mins
The Well
The weirdness of physics: Dreaming wildly with strict rules
A physicist discusses the boundaries of reality and experimentation.
Janna Levin
39mins
The Big Think Interview
The Roman Empire in 40 minutes, with Cambridge scholar Mary Beard 
Throw away your history books — here’s what life in ancient Rome was really like, according to Cambridge scholar Mary Beard.
Mary Beard
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12mins
The Well
Quantum wormholes, explained
Quantum wormholes are mathematically possible — but might also be physically impossible. Physicist Janna Levin explains Hawking’s famous information paradox.
Janna Levin
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5mins
The Well
What is shared consciousness?
Do humans share one consciousness? This psychologist says yes.
Lisa Miller
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5mins
Great Question
Neurodivergence is absent in sex education. That’s a problem.
Our one-size-fits-all approach to sex education hasn't worked for a long time. Sex educator Emily Nagoski explains what we know (and don't know) about the role neurodiversity plays in intimacy.
Emily Nagoski
The words uber innovation on a black background.
8mins
The Big Think Interview
Failure is the key to “ultimate success”
“You’re not punished for failing, you’re punished for not trying.” Former Uber exec Emil Michael on how to truly achieve success.
Emil Michael
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5mins
The Well
The problem with the theory of everything
Gravity defies quantum mechanics. What does that mean for a theory of everything?
Janna Levin
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7mins
The Well
Biohacking our way to health
This biologist built a living robot from frog cells — and it could hold the key to the future of regenerative medicine.
Michael Levin
A drawing of a human brain depicting the red section, symbolizing anxiety.
7mins
Explain It Like I’m Smart
Anxiety evolved to help us — what went wrong? A neuroscientist explains.
Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains why zero anxiety isn’t the goal.
Wendy Suzuki
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9mins
The Well
A 9-minute journey inside a black hole
Ever wonder what would happen if we got sucked into a black hole? Turns out we could live in it for a while — if it was big enough.
Janna Levin
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4mins
The Well
The science of the “self”
How do “you” emerge from a collection of cells? A biologist explains.
Michael Levin
A man in a suit and tie is pointing to a quantum computer.
11mins
The Big Think Interview
Quantum computing is the next revolution
Theoretical physics professor Michio Kaku outlines the evolution of computers from analog to digital and introduces quantum computers as the next frontier.
Michio Kaku
A sparkler with the word orgasm on it.
11mins
Explain It Like I’m Smart
A sex educator explains orgasms (plus an exercise for expanded pleasure)
The best orgasms come when you learn how to unlock a sexual “flow state.” Emily Nagoski, a sex educator, shares a meditation to help you get started.
Emily Nagoski
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6mins
The Well
The false reality of loneliness
Scientists can't define spirituality. But we can study its healing effects, says this Columbia psychologist.
Lisa Miller
A man in a tie is holding a tissue to his face.
4mins
Devil’s Advocate
How do you rationalize your unethical behaviors?
Kelly Richmond Pope, a forensic accountant, shares a simple test that puts your ethics under the spotlight.
Kelly Richmond Pope
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9mins
The Well
How we lost collective spirituality — and why we need it back
Spirituality declines, depression rises. Is there a link?
Lisa Miller
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5mins
The Well
Why evolution is the Picasso of science
Evolution doesn’t fix things — it reinvents them. A biologist explains.
Michael Levin
John Templeton Foundation
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1hr 13mins
The Big Think Interview
Argue smarter, not harder, with Harvard’s former debate coach Bo Seo
This two-time debate world champion gives three tips for constructing the perfect argument.
Bo Seo
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